Tell us your fieldwork War Story

7 Jun 2012 - 4:04pm

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Steve Portigal

2004

You may have seen that we started a series devoted to fieldwork War
Stories on our blog. As I wrote at the launch of the series, "These
experiences – the crazy household, the dog that does his business on your shoes,
the GPS failure – are inevitable and are often (at least in hindsight)
hilarious. Exchanging these stories is a way of socializing our technique and
creating learning opportunities for both tellers and listeners. A culture of
exchange – wherever we can find it – is going to help us grow our own skills." I
was really happy this week to get our first story from the broader community,
from Vanessa
Pfafflin.